Robert Desimone

Robert Desimone


Director, McGovern Institute

Phone: 617-324-2077
Email: desimone@mit.edu

 

McGovern Institute Director Robert Desimone is responsible for the overall scientific direction of the institute and is supported by the institute’s administrative staff. His lab studies the brain mechanisms underlying attention. Prior to joining the McGovern Institute in 2004, he was director of the Intramural Research Program at the National Institutes of Mental Health.